When It’s Mom Who Goes to College

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I glanced around the crowd in the gym where Ramapo College was holding its graduation ceremony. The bleachers were full of beaming moms and dads clicking their cameras, eagerly seeking the familiar young faces that belonged to them in the lineup of grads below. My sister, brother and I shifted in our seats, looking at each other and feeling slightly out of element in our role reversal. We were there for our mom, who was graduating…